Iowa Highway 175
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| Iowa Highway 175 |
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| Length: | 221 mi[1] (356 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | October 15, 1930 [1] | ||||||||
| West end: |  NE 51Missouri River near Onawa |
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| Major junctions: |
 Interstate 29 at Onawa Iowa 141 at Mapleton US 59 at Ida Grove US 71 near Odebolt US 169 at Harcourt US 69 near Jewell Interstate 35 at Ellsworth US 65 at Hubbard Iowa 14 near Grundy Center |
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| East end: |  US 63 near Voorhies |
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Iowa Highway 175 is a main east-west route in the northern portion of the state.
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[edit] Termini
Iowa Highway 175 enters the state by a Missouri River crossing between Decatur, Nebraska and Onawa. The highway continues westward as Nebraska Highway 51. Iowa 175's eastern terminus is at a T intersection with U.S. Route 63 in southwestern Black Hawk County.
[edit] Municipalities served by Highway 175
- Onawa
- Mapleton
- Danbury
- Battle Creek
- Ida Grove
- Arthur
- Odebolt
- Lake View
- Ulmer
- Auburn
- Lake City
- Lohrville
- Farnhamville
- Gowrie
- Harcourt
- Dayton
- Stratford
- Stanhope
- Jewell
- Ellsworth
- Radcliffe
- Hubbard
- Eldora
- Grundy Center
- Morrison
- Reinbeck
[edit] History
Iowa Highway 175 was originally nothing more than a very short spur from U.S. Route 65 to Hubbard but grew to absorb other routes. By 1955 it had extended westward to Nebraska. The final segment of Highway 175 was commissioned in 1969, extending the highway eastward from Hubbard to its present eastern terminus. [1]
[edit] Notes
- At Mapleton, Iowa 175 is duplexed with Iowa Highway 141 through town. However, this is a "wrong way" duplex, with eastbound Iowa 175 and westbound Iowa 141 routed on one side of the road, and vice versa.
- Despite Iowa 175's prodigious length, it passes through small communities. The largest city on the route is Onawa, whose 2000 population was 3,091.[2]
[edit] See also
- Iowa State Highways
- The Iowa Highways Page: Highway 175.
- Terminus photos of Highway 175 at Iowa Highway Ends.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c The Iowa Highways Page: Highway 175. Accessed 25 October 2006.
- ^ 2003 Transportation Map, Iowa Department of Transportation.
